SEDPI

Peace and Equity Foundation Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) is one of SEDPI’s largest clients. Through PEF’s support SEDPI implemented a Training and Mentoring Assistance to five organizations in Southern Luzon – Sandigan ng Magsasaka, Malayang
Lapian ng Kababihan, Magsaka-CA, and Joint Enterprise Development for the Indigent. Anak Dagat Multipurpose Cooperative (ADMPC), a PEF Luzon Regional Office-supported cooperative, has demonstrated improvement in its Portfolio at Risk Ratio from 74% to 17%. For 2005, ADMPC was able to post modest financial performance compared to industry standards.

A subsector research to identify the appropriate interventions needed to support coastal-based microenterprise was also implemented in Iloilo, Bohol, and Eastern Samar. Impact assessment to four microfinance institutions are conducted – Barangka Credit Cooperative, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Tulay sa Kaunlaran, Inc., and Katotohanan, Pagkakaisa at Serbisyo, Inc.

Mr. Rapisura and Mr. Salonga are development associates of PEF. As such, they regularly conduct appraisals of microfinance and microenterprise proposals. Mr. Rapisura was part of a team that crafted proposals for the United Nations Development Program and Cordaid

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Linking up with Cordaid: SEDPI and SCCI have signed cooperation agreements with Cordaid, one of the largest NGOs in the Netherlands > More

Training Events with PCFC: Through its linkage with PCFC, SEDPI organized 19 training events from July 2007 to August 2008 in six key Philippine cities > More

SEDPI in Nigeria: SEDPI’s relations with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) were born in 2007, when top CBN executives > More

ATENEO-BPI Trainings

Ateneo and BPI Foundation introduces a new and exciting discount package to Microfinance Institutions who wish to send more delegates in Ateneo Microfinance Trainings > More

ARDCI: A 180-Degree Microfinance STory

At first glance, Agricultural and Rural Development for Catanduanes, Inc. (ARDCI) seemed to have what it takes to be a successful microfinance institution. First, it was a spin-off of the European Union’s official development assistance to the Philippine Government. Second, it envisions itself as a sustainable development institution harnessing > More